ReleasePartyGutsy
GNU/Linux Ubuntu 7.10 SwissLoCo release party | November 10 2007
[wiki:SwissTeam/ReleasePartyGutsy/AnnounceFR French version] BR [wiki:SwissTeam/ReleasePartyGutsy/AnnounceDE German version] BR [wiki:SwissTeam/ReleasePartyGutsy/AnnounceIT Italian version] BRBR
[wiki:SwissTeam/ReleasePartyGutsy/Attendees Attendees list]
Introduction
On October 18th the Ubuntu community released Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10) and it's now time to celebrate it in Switzerland. The Swiss local community is happy to invite you to the release party which will take place at the Puzzle office in Bern on November 10th from 2pm to midnight (Puzzle ITC GmbH, Eigerplatz 4, 3007 Bern).
Gutsy Gibbon what's new
It would be impossible to talk about all improvements of Ubuntu here, so we will only have a quick tour to give a general idea of what you will find in Gutsy.
The most apparent change in Ubuntu 7.10 is the general look and feel. Ubuntu now integrates Compiz Fusion which offers 3D desktop experience. Gutsy Gibbon automatically detects whether the hardware is capable of running Compiz Fusion; if not, it falls back to normal desktop. All Compiz Fusion Visual Effects can be graphically managed from "System/Preferences/Appearance".
But Ubuntu 7.10 is not only about eye candy it will also improve your productivity by preventing you from loosing time searching for files. Ubuntu now includes the Deskbar applet out off the box. This applet let's you search files, open web bookmarks and search, launch applications and many more. In addition the Tracker indexer has been added to the desktop which will considerably tune your file search.
Ubuntu 7.10 includes lot more new features and improvements such as Firefox plug in install support. Which means you can now install your favorite Firefox plug in as you would install any other official Ubuntu package.
Activities
In order to offer you the best introduction to Ubuntu 7.10 (code name Gutsy Gibbon) the Swiss local community offers you the following activities lead by some off our most active members.
What |
GPG Key Signing Party |
Who |
Stéphane Graber (stgraber) |
During |
20min |
Room size |
Small |
What |
Why Hardy will rock !!! (Summary of Ubucon, FOSSCAMP and UDS) |
Who |
Myriam Schweingruber (Mamarok) and Stéphane Graber (stgraber) |
During |
45min |
Room size |
Big |
What |
Quick introduction to Launchpad (Bug tracking, PPA, Ubuntu infrastructure) |
Who |
Stéphane Graber (stgraber) |
During |
45min |
Room size |
Big |
What |
Edubuntu as a Thin Client Server |
Who |
Stéphane Graber (stgraber) |
During |
30min |
Room size |
Small |
What |
What's new in KDE4 ? |
Who |
Carlos Diener (emonkey) |
During |
TBA (~30-45min) |
Room size |
Big |
What |
Install/Upgrade party |
Who |
Marc Luthi (netztier) and Myriam Schweingruber (Mamarok) |
During |
30min of demo (update-notifier) then install/upgrade during the whole day |
Room size |
Big |
What |
How can I contribute to Ubuntu ? |
Who |
Myriam Schweingruber (Mamarok) |
During |
30min |
Room size |
Big |
What |
Our Netztier available to sort all your network/hardware issues |
Who |
Marc Luthi (netztier) |
During |
The whole day |
Room size |
none |
What |
Linux can be a 1337 gaming platform |
Who |
Andreas Ratchev (Sindwiller) |
During |
15min |
Room size |
Small |
What |
Lighting talks (5 minutes to show your favourite software) |
Who |
Everyone |
During |
1hour |
Room size |
Big |
Whats up in four lines
What: Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon release party BR Who: The Ubuntu SwissTeam BR Where: Puzzle ITC GmbH, Eigerplatz 4, 3007 Bern BR When: November 10th from 2pm to midnight BR
Special thanks
The Ubuntu SwissLoCo is very grateful to Puzzle ITC GmbH (www.puzzle.ch) for supporting us in this event.